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  1. AbbysSilkies

    Wipes

    Probably the wrong category, but are there any chick safe wipes? Like for cleaaning their feet? Baby wipes maybe?
  2. FloridaChick88

    Bathing Advice

    I have two white pavlovskya hens that are in desperate need of a bath. A summer full of sticking their faces in watermelons and muddy days has taken its toll and the girls look dingey to say the least. I've bathed some of my other hens before but I've never bathed hens with such fluffy heads...
  3. Lazy Farmer

    Deep clean your water container for $1

    A wacko idea from my wacko husband. Next time you are at the Dollar Store, pick up a couple of $1.00 bottle brushes. You will need 2 if your husband cuts the handle off one of them and sticks it in a cordless drill. Hide the second one. I tried it myself after he made this crazy vid and it...
  4. barred2rock

    Disinfecting Shoes?

    I've seen it recommended numerous places that one should disinfect their shoes everytime they go out to the chicken area. Does anyone actually do this? What do you use as a disinfectant? I have one pair of boots that I were everywhere. I've never disinfected them. Am I putting my flock in...
  5. SBmember

    Disinfectant

    Will "aroma controlled cleaning vinegar" sprayed in a wooden brooder then left to dry work as a disinfectant. The wood is porous and in our house so I hesitate to use anything that'll have to be sprayed or rinsed out. We have food grade safe for consumption distilled from corn and diluted with...
  6. Bullitt

    Using a Chicken Plucking Machine

    I saw this video on YouTube of a family in New Hampshire that has a channel called Lumnah Acres. I was surprised at how fast this plucking machine cleans the feathers off a chicken. The guy is cleaning Barred Plymouth Rock chickens he raised for meat. I think the White Plymouth Rock is bred...
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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